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Star Fire: Eternal Cycle
The roguelite I’ve come to know and enjoy, Star Fire: Eternal Cycle, is a quick and exhilarating experience once you get the chance to play. Its combat is fluid and enticing, as well as the various upgrades and enhancements you can make to your space heroine as she moves from one locale to the next, upping the ante every time.
Though I’ve personally found roguelites to be a dime a dozen these days, what with so many releasing every other week, Star Fire: Eternal Cycle really is something special, especially if you’re looking for one whose protagonist is a woman. I found it empowering to tear through the futuristic wasteland as the space heroine and one-up myself with attacks and chained builds as I would collect new mods. This is definitely not one to miss!
Hirogami
For an almost Little Big Planet type of feeling, Hirogami really had me in a lighter mood while playing. Though it can definitely have its complex moments, it’s the simplistic beauty that really got me with this title. Gameplay is original; bouncing from simple platforming and combat to unique and satisfying origami sequences that helped to break up the gameplay and wow me with its originality. But Hirogami suffers from some control issues, such as messy camera angles and unresponsive button prompts. These aren’t a total dealbreaker, but worth noting since the later levels require more precise movement.
Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken
Perhaps my favorite of the list, Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken, is a really fun throwback sort of title that harkens back to the yesteryear of the ‘90s survival horror titles we love, but with modern flair to help make the games more enjoyable overall. Though it has all of the trappings we know and love of such titles, this one manages to carve a name out for itself with its unique camera angles and environments, creating a haunting and very beautiful landscape for players to traverse as the game’s protagonist, Amy.
I wanted to continue to explore this mysterious world far after I finished, and was left hoping there’d be more around the corner. The puzzles, while not the most abhorrent of complexities, were definitely ones that came together in really fun ways once you knew the answer. Deep Sleep: Labyrinth of the Forsaken is a title that really just knows who it is from its visuals, sound, characters, story, gameplay, and overall vibes. I love this one dearly.
Prop Haunt (First Impressions)
Unfortunately for Prop Haunt, there are absolutely no players online which makes it impossible for me to even idealize how well this game comes together through its gameplay systems and mechanics. So hopefully in the future I’ll be able to revisit this title to further assess how far it’s come since the present given time.
